Amul hikes milk prices by Rs 2

AHMEDABAD: After vegetables, now milk will also pinch consumers, as Gujarat's largest milk producer, Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation ( GCMMF) marketing dairy products under the brand 'Amul' on Tuesday announced a pan-India hike in milk prices by Re 2 per litre.

"We have increased prices of our various brands by Rs one to Rs two, which will come in to effect from December 30 in Gujarat and Delhi and by January 3 in other parts of the country," GCMMF managing director RS Sodhi said.

"Prices of our Gold and Shakti brand will be hiked by Rs 2 per litre and Tazza and Slim and Trim by Rs 1," he said.

Post the hike, price of Amul-Gold will be Rs 34 per litre in Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata and in few districts of Gujarat, while prices of its Shakti brand shall be Rs 30, Taaza Rs 25 per litre and Slim and Trim Rs 23 per litre.

"In Mumbai, the prices of our Taaza brand shall only be increased by Re 1 per litre, as the price of Gold is already ruling at Rs 34 per litre," he said.

"In Kolkata, we are hiking the prices of Gold by Rs 2 and Re 1 of Taaza brand respectively from January 3," Sodhi said.

This is the third time in the year when the milk prices have been hiked by the GCMMF. Earlier, the federation had hiked the milk prices in February and July this year.

"We had to increase the milk prices as the dairy farmers have been reeling under the burden of inflation. The prices of feedstock, labour, fuel including gas have all gone up," Sodhi said.